EARLY CYCLADIC, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

Details

A CYCLADIC TERRACOTTA JAR
EARLY CYCLADIC, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
The rounded body with wide neck and gently flared rim, twin vestigial handles on neck and another on shoulder, on flared pedestal foot, remains of cream slip
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in 1987.

Special notice

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Sale room notice

The illustration for this lot on page 132 has been incorrectly numbered as 136 on the right of the illustration, and should be numbered as 538.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J. Thimme, Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the third millennium B.C., Chicago, 1977, no. 383.

Cf. C. Doumas, Cycladic Art, Ancient Sculpture and Pottery from the N. P. Goulandris collection, The British Museum, London, 1983, p. 157, no. 192 for the type.

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